Xenon Racer

Marten SOEDESCO · Feb 11, 2019

Exciting things are coming to a console and PC near you soon! Welcome to the Xenon Racer forum here at RaceDepartment!

Hi everyone!

My name is Marten, Community Manager at SOEDESCO, the publisher of Arcade Racing Game 'Xenon Racer' which is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and Steam on March 26th (now available for pre-order). I'm here accompanied by Tommaso from 3DClouds, the developer of the game. We're very happy to be here on the Race Department forums and we'll be ready to answer your questions and give you all the info you need to know on Xenon Racer!

Watch the trailer:

Looking forward to chatting with you all!

-Marten

Xenon Racer will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and Steam this March 26th.

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Paul Jeffrey · Feb 12, 2019

Post your hopes, expectations and wishes for the upcoming Xenon Racer here!

r.cazeiro · Feb 12, 2019

I would like a first person view. Although being an arcade game, first view is always welcome!

CC · Feb 12, 2019

Kinda reminds me of Split Second Velocity I used to love that game,
Good luck with the project.

Koen Verlinde · Feb 12, 2019

If you ever want to go faster

Redout: Enhanced Edition.

CC · Feb 12, 2019

Koen Verlinde said:
If you ever want to go faster

Redout: Enhanced Edition.

Yes I remember that, cool these types of games to blast about in,
always makes me laugh these Arcade games have better damage and sparks and scrapes and particle systems than the best simulators.

Sfrost · Feb 12, 2019

Any chance it could be cross platform online?

VirtuaIceMan · Feb 12, 2019

I'll be showing clips from most futuristic racers one day on my YouTube channel (when I've finished with F1 and started rally haha):

Xenon looks to be going head to head with (though slightly different angle) ZEROCAR Future Motorsport, also on Steam.

Rise: Race the Future is also worth a look, but that's more like futuristic Sega Rally.

I'm looking forward to Xenon though.

Mantas Jokubauskas · Feb 12, 2019

I tried the Beta when it was available to try out - the game was fun for the most part, although handling felt just a little bit sluggish at that time. Might be really fun game.

apex11 · Feb 12, 2019

Oh dear......

Arcade racers are so popular round here normally.....

VirtuaIceMan · Feb 13, 2019

apex11 said:
Oh dear......

Arcade racers are so popular round here normally.....

It's nice to have a break! Besides, things like Sega Rally are arcade, but feel realistic enough to be fun!

Deleted member 197115 · Feb 13, 2019

Looks awesome, has that Wipeout Omega vibe. Will be mind blowing in VR, hope it's in plans.

apex11 · Feb 13, 2019

VirtuaIceMan said:
It's nice to have a break! Besides, things like Sega Rally are arcade, but feel realistic enough to be fun!

I agree, just funny after reading so many threads of people slagging off actual sims as being 'simcade' 'arcade', then suddenly RD gets a pay check from a dev and Arcades are cool....

Marten SOEDESCO · Feb 13, 2019

Sfrost said:
Any chance it could be cross platform online?

Hi! For us that won't be possible, but all platforms will have their own online multiplayer. Who knows what we might add after launch, though!

Marten SOEDESCO · Feb 13, 2019

Mantas Jokubauskas said:
I tried the Beta when it was available to try out - the game was fun for the most part, although handling felt just a little bit sluggish at that time. Might be really fun game.

I'm glad you liked it! Although, could you tell me what you mean by sluggish? What would improve it? We'd love to look into it

Cheesenium · Feb 13, 2019

Hopefully it will be good. Good luck with your project.

Marten SOEDESCO · Feb 13, 2019

Andrew_WOT said:
Looks awesome, has that Wipeout Omega vibe. Will be mind blowing in VR, hope it's in plans.

All right! Thanks

. Right now we don't have VR plans, but if demand is high we could always look into it after

Elaphe · Feb 13, 2019

Arcades are cool. What I hate is arcades pretending to be simulators.

Mantas Jokubauskas · Feb 13, 2019

Marten SOEDESCO said:
I'm glad you liked it! Although, could you tell me what you mean by sluggish? What would improve it? We'd love to look into it

Thanks for the answer! Now I haven't played much (only a few hours), but when I was playing on a controller (Xbox 1 controller) I thought the car turning was a bit too slow to my liking - normal turning felt okay for the most part, but drift felt a bit underwhelming (hard to actually describe, but I just think drift didn't turn my car fast enough, if that makes some sense). It could be just me, though - with that handling I had a lot of problems in that Tokyo track, especially in the "Sector 1" with a few sharp right turns - I just couldn't turn my car fast enough without losing a lot of speed (or hitting a wall hard), tried both drifting and taking the turn normally - maybe I just needed to balance out the handling more...
There were a few other things I had in mind (one crash, some other observations and thoughts) which I already sent in the Feedback form.
Thanks for taking your time